Chapter 124 Deaf and dumb
As Zhuge Qing smeared her face, Wu Mian looked in the mirror and found that her appearance had become Kong Wenxuan's appearance.
Wu Mian was not sure that this was 100% like Kong Wenxuan, but at least he couldn't see the difference between his face and Kong Wenxuan's now, and he couldn't help but sigh at Zhuge Qing's superb methods of disguising.
At the same time, he was also a little confused about why Zhuge Qing had such ability.
I can transform with the round light illusion mind technique, and I can learn such complicated makeup and disguise.
But he couldn't help but think too much. By the time Zhuge Qing put on his makeup, it was completely dark.
After finding Kong Wenxuan's documentary and official seal, he adjusted his mentality and recalled every detail of his time with Kong Wenxuan.
"Let's go."
A plain and hard voice was spit out from Wu Mian's mouth.
This is the tone that Kong Wenxuan often used in his memory. After he said it, he found that although the tone was similar, his voice was different.
Kong Wenxuan's voice was clearer, as if it was a collision between a gold weapon, and his voice matched his current body age and seemed warmer.
Without hesitation, he immediately explained this difference to Zhuge Qing.
After hearing this, Zhuge Qing shook her head and said, "We only stay here for a day, ask about the situation and leave, and there is no need to act so realistically. However, it is indeed useful when I arrive in Kangda City. It's just that I understand the ventriloquy, but you can't learn it for a while... It's not impossible."
While speaking, he reached out to pinch Wu Mian's nose, chin and throat a few times.
After Wu Mian coughed a few times, she was about to ask Zhuge Qing what she had done, but she found something seemed to be stuttering in her throat. She felt extremely uncomfortable. She opened her mouth a few times and found that her voice became low and hoarse, and a strong nasal sound.
"It can last for about two or three hours, pretending to be someone infected with the cold. Remember not to use internal force to break through the acupoints I sealed, otherwise the sound will recover soon."
"I understand." After answering, Wu Mian, who felt very uncomfortable, touched his neck.
Then, he straightened his back and looked calm and walked out of the inn with Zhuge Qing. He walked out of the inn with a waiter and headed to the county government.
Although night has already fallen, the streets of Hewei Town are still lively, especially the road leading to the county government office. The night market is open, and you can see men in various costumes coming and going... they are just men.
In this era, it is okay during the day, but there are rarely women going out at night.
After taking a glance, Wu Mian planned to listen to the communication between these people and see if there was any news that could help him understand the disaster, but found that he could not understand their language at all!
These people speak the dialect of Langzhou, or even the dialect of Dagui County, or just Hewei Town!
There are different styles in ten miles, and there are different customs in hundreds of miles, so the language is naturally the same.
In desperation, he could only look at Zhuge Qing who was frowning beside him.
Since Zhuge Qing would send his disciple Dongfang Hong to inquire about the news, he must have understood the local language, otherwise he would not have any idea to find out anything. From this, it is inferred that Zhuge Qing, as a master, should also understand the language here.
"Mr. Zhuge, can you understand their language?"
Zhuge Qing nodded and said, "I can understand some of it. What I understand is the Langzhou dialect of Kangdacheng, which is not much different from the local dialect here. It is just that some of the words are different, so you can infer it."
"What are they talking about? Is there any mention of locust plague?"
"I mentioned... The man just mentioned that Shatucheng was seriously affected. The man said that Dasu County was also eaten up by locusts, and the grass, trees and wheat seedlings. He also mentioned Youxian and Shufangcheng..."
Listening to Zhuge Qing's retelling, Wu Mian compared the map of Langzhou in his memory and found that most of the mentioned places were southwest of Langzhou, and some were close to the central part of Langzhou. For example, Youxian, which is only a hundred miles away from Kangda City!
With the speed of information circulation in this world, when it comes to the disaster caused by the county, Kangda City must have been affected!
After frowning, Wu Mian thought for a moment, and was about to ask if there was any other news, suddenly he realized that Zhuge Qing mentioned a place...Shufangcheng!
Langzhou is the south of the Song State, among which Shufang City is the southwest county town in Langzhou. It is built in the desert. Most of the cities are border guards of Song State. To the southwest, it is not the boundary of Song State, but the boundary of Wei State!
Wei and Song border in Langzhou, but there is a desert between the two countries as a natural border blocking, so they have been peaceful. Now there is a locust plague in Langzhou, and Wei may also take action!
Wu Mian had been concerned about the locust plague in Langzhou before, but now after hearing the names of several county towns southwest of Langzhou, he thought about whether Wei would take this opportunity to invade Song.
Fuck! I haven’t noticed such an important thing. It seems that my political sense is not good!
Wu Mian, who felt a chill suddenly rushing from his spine to the back of his head, paused.
It shouldn't be right? Langzhou is having a locust plague, and they border Langzhou, so it shouldn't be better... But there is a desert between Song and Wei, so it's hard to say!
It is not easy to fly across the desert if you don’t have food. Although locusts have no brains and no wisdom, their instincts will also drive them to go north to eat the grass and woods of Song State to reproduce, and they will not go to Wei State!
But, if this happens...
"Is there any mention of Wei State?"
"Wei State?" Seeing Wu Mian stop, Zhuge Qing, who was already confused, frowned after hearing this: "Are you worried that Wei State will take advantage of the situation? At this time, they should not have the intention to do this. They had only suffered a major disaster a few years ago and are still recuperating now."
"But this aspect really needs to be taken seriously. If the disaster in the Shufang City is affected, military rations will probably become a problem. If it really happens, it will be easy to cause a big disaster."
Wu Mian nodded slightly: "Then please pay more attention to Mr. Zhuge. If necessary, write a document to the court."
Zhuge Qing nodded: "That's natural."
As they chatted, the two of them came to the county government office.
At this time, the county government office is usually closed, but the gate of the county government office is still open at this time, and several carriages and sedans are parked outside the door.
After looking at Zhuge Qing, Wu Mian stepped forward and was about to ask a question to an official in front of the county yamen, but saw that the official directly pressed his hand on the sword at his waist and shouted loudly.
Wu Mian couldn't understand what he was calling, but he could probably guess what he was calling out about, such as who should be asking about his identity.
Wu Mian originally wanted to raise his eyebrows, but when he thought that this did not conform to Kong Wenxuan's solemn and steady words and deeds, he said lightly in Mandarin: "Is the county magistrate here? I'll inform you, Kong Wenxuan, Changshang, asked for a meeting."
"Kong Wenxuan?" Yachao was stunned for a moment, looked at Wu Mian carefully for a moment, frowned and said in a strong accent: "Sir, there is something important to discuss. It is not convenient to meet guests now. Please come again tomorrow."
It seems that this person doesn’t know the meaning of the name Kong Wenxuan.
Yes, a small yamen usually doesn’t know what the magistrate is called.
Wu Mian frowned slightly, took out Kong Wenxuan's documentary and official seal, and said lightly again: "Just say that it is the newly appointed Langzhou magistrate who is seeking a meeting, go and report it quickly."
The governor of Langzhou?
The yamen was stunned again, looking at Wu Mian up and down for a moment, then looked at the official seal in Wu Mian's hand, took it with both hands and looked at it, and immediately bent down and said, "I don't know if it's the magistrate who is here..."
"Okay, let's report first."
Wu Mian directly interrupted the yamen's flattery and said lightly: "By the way, let them show me the documents about the disaster in Langzhou."
"Here!"
After the yamen broke into the yamen, Wu Mian looked at another yamen and asked, "Do you know the situation of the locust plague here?"
The yamen looked at Wu Mian inexplicably, then respectfully hugged his fist and said something Wu Mian couldn't understand.
"He said he couldn't speak."
After Zhuge Qing translated at the right time, he said, "I'll ask."
After saying that, he started to communicate with the yamen. Although he was a little bumpy, he was indeed communicating.
Wu Mian could only watch silently from the side, and at the same time, he was glad that Kong Wenxuan asked him to bring Zhuge Qing over, otherwise he would not be able to do anything when he came to Langzhou!
If you need to do things and communicate, you can’t even communicate. So what can you do?
If it was Yuezhou, it would be simple... Bah!
I only know Yuezhou Shanbei dialect, and I can hear Shannan dialect in a mess!
At this time, Wu Mian missed the environment in which he could speak Mandarin anywhere in his motherland in his previous life, at least he didn't have to be a dumb and deaf person.
After missing his previous life for a moment, Wu Mian heard a burst of rapid and messy footsteps, and then he saw a group of people walking out of the yamen, leading a middle-aged man wearing a county magistrate's uniform.
His eyes circulated, and after looking around Wu Mian and Zhuge Qing, he landed on Wu Mian holding the official seal in his hand. While bowing to the ground, he whispered loudly in a Mandarin with a slight accent: "The small official is back to the county magistrate Lu Wu, I don't know that the magistrate of the state is here, and I will miss the opportunity to welcome you. I hope you will forgive me!"
With him taking the lead, the people behind him also greeted each other.
"The small official and the county magistrate Xiao Lufei, please see the elders!"
"The small official and the county chief You Buhang, please see the master!"
"A small official and big return to the county's history..."
...
After a group of people greeted, Wu Mian found that some of the people's greetings were strong or just speaking dialects, and he couldn't understand them, but in the part that they could understand, in addition to the officials of the Dagui County County Office, there were also the wise men of Dagui County. It can be said that most people with status in Dagui County are here.
It’s no trivial to gather such a group of people!
Wu Mian's eyes flashed for a moment, and he replied as he replied: "Everyone, please get up quickly. I have not yet arrived in Kangda City to take office, so I am not a real governor."
Xiao Lufei, the county magistrate of Dagui County, stood up and smiled and said, "That's just a few steps."
The others also stood up to flatter him, which made Wu Mian feel overwhelmed.
Chapter completed!